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JSIR: A High-Level IR for JavaScript
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JSIR is a high-level intermediate representation for JavaScript that preserves all information from the abstract syntax tree (AST) and supports high-fidelity round-trip conversions between source code, AST, and JSIR. It utilizes MLIR regions for representing control flow structures and is deployed in production at Google for code analysis and transformation use cases, with open-source availability on GitHub.
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- Praise: If the JSIR project can successfully prove bi-directional source to MLIR transformation, it could enable innovative source-to-source compilers across multiple languages, enhancing interoperability.
- Praise: The design philosophy of JSIR prioritizes high-fidelity round-trips back to source, which is crucial for tools like deobfuscators and transpilers that need to maintain human-readable code.
- Concern: It's unclear how introducing JSIR benefits tool authors or users, given that current AST-based JS tools are functioning well and face numerous roadblocks.
- Concern: The mention of the outdated 'Google Closure Compiler' as an example raises skepticism about the relevance and effectiveness of JSIR in modern development.